Horace Faith

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Black Pearl 00:00 Tools
Spinning Wheel 00:00 Tools
Black Pearl - Single Version 00:00 Tools
Black Pearl (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Horace Faith / Black Pearl 00:00 Tools
Black Pearl-1970 00:00 Tools
Rich Man Poor Man 00:00 Tools
Spinning Wheel-1969 00:00 Tools
Help Me Help Myself 00:00 Tools
Freeloader 00:00 Tools
Reggae Man 00:00 Tools
God's Children 00:00 Tools
All Men Are Children Of God 00:00 Tools
Black Pearl - Horace Faith 00:00 Tools
LOOKING 00:00 Tools
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Horace Faith (born Horace Smith, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae singer. He is best known for his cover of the Checkmates, Ltd. song, "Black Pearl", which reached number 13 in the UK Singles Chart in 1970. Released by Trojan Records "Black Pearl" spent ten weeks in the UK Singles Chart in the latter half of 1970, peaking at number 13 in October that year. Coincidentally, the original version of the song by Checkmates, Ltd., peaked at number 13 in the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. The track was written by Irwin Levine, Phil Spector and Toni Wine. The b-side of Faith's single was "Help Me Help Myself", which was written by Johnny Arthey and Phil Swern. The single was released in the United States by Bell Records "Black Pearl" subsequently appeared on numerous compilation albums. Faith's later recordings included the self penned, "I Can't Understand It", arranged by Richard Anthony Hewson and produced by Swern. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.